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US8058356B2
US8058356B2 US12/368,824 US36882409A US8058356B2 US 8058356 B2 US8058356 B2 US 8058356B2 US 36882409 A US36882409 A US 36882409A US 8058356 B2 US8058356 B2 US 8058356B2
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  • the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing hydrogenated block copolymers, and more particularly to a method for mass manufacturing substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymers.
  • Vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymers are typically comprised of vinyl aromatic polymer block(s) and conjugated diene polymer block(s).
  • Partially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymers such as partially hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymers which is named SEBS (Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene) or partially hydrogenated styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymers which is named SEBS (Styrene-Ethylene-Propylene-Styrene) are well known in the art.
  • partially hydrogenated refers to hydrogenation of the diene portion greater than 95 percent but hydrogenation of aromatic rings lower than 90 percent.
  • these partially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymers have been applied into various applications, they suffer from one or more shortcomings, including low heat resistance, poor physical properties, poor processability and poor light stability. Attempts have been made to remedy these shortcomings by increasing the hydrogenation of the aromatic rings of the block copolymers.
  • a substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer means having a hydrogenation level of greater than 90 percent.
  • the substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer has advantages of high transparency, high glass transition temperature, low water absorption, good strength, good toughness, good weatherability, excellent melt processability and low birefringence, which make these materials ideal candidates for many applications including optical disc articles, fabricated articles, thermoformed articles, extruded articles, injection molded articles, films and the like.
  • substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer can be widely applied in many fields, there arises a need for a method for mass manufacturing the substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymers.
  • hydrogenation level refers to the percentage of the original unsaturated bonds of the aromatic portion which become saturated upon hydrogenation.
  • a method for manufacturing a substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer comprises hydrogenating a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic polymer block and a conjugated diene polymer block by contacting with a hydrogenating agent in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to obtain a polymer solution including a hydrogenated block copolymer having a hydrogenation level of greater than 90 percent and a solvent; removing the solvent from the polymer solution by a flash devolatilization at a temperature of 200 to 300° C.
  • the polymer solution is preferably maintained at a pressure of 9 to 30 Bar and preheated to be at a temperature range of 200 to 300° C. before entering into a flask tank to remove the solvent from the polymer solution by the flash devolatilization.
  • the solvent of the polymer solution is allowed to flash off while the polymer solution enters into the flash tank at a lower pressure.
  • the pressure used during the flash devolatilization is higher than the pressure normally used, such that it is beneficial to provide the concentrated polymer solution including the hydrogenated block copolymer with a residual solvent, which makes the concentrated polymer solution not too sticky and easier for subsequent processing.
  • the processing temperature suitable for the flash devolatilization can be lowered to a temperature below the melt temperature of the hydrogenated block copolymer by increasing the pressure used; thus the hydrogenated block copolymer can be prevented from degradation.
  • most of the solvent may be firstly removed by flash devolatilization to obtain a concentrated polymer solution with a residual solvent in an amount of 1 to 50 weight percent, preferably of 1 to 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the concentrated polymer solution; and then the concentrated hydrogenated block copolymer can be transferred to a twin-screw extruder, a film evaporator, a double flash tank or an assembly of the above to further remove the residual solvent such as under vacuum (e.g. below 20 torr).
  • under vacuum e.g. below 20 torr
  • the two-step process for removing the solvent from the polymer solution can be used not only to purify the hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer in an efficient and effective way, but also to produce the hydrogenated block copolymer with desired properties, such as excellent processability and high transparency.
  • the resulting substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer has advantageous physical properties suitable for use in discs, optical films, light guide plates, etc.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic representation of a devolatilization system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for mass manufacturing a substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer, which comprises providing a polymer solution including a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer having a hydrogenation level of greater than 90 percent and a solvent, and removing the solvent from the polymer solution to isolate the hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer.
  • the hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer is formed by hydrogenating a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic polymer block and a conjugated diene polymer block by contacting with a hydrogenating agent in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.
  • the vinyl aromatic polymer block can be polymerized from vinyl aromatic monomers including: styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, all isomers of vinyl toluene, especially paravinyltoluene, all isomers of ethyl styrene, propyl styrene, vinyl biphenyl, vinyl naphthalene, vinyl anthracene and the like, and mixtures thereof.
  • the conjugated diene polymer block can be polymerized from conjugated diene monomers, for example, including 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3 pentadiene, isoprene and similar compounds, and mixtures thereof.
  • a block is herein defined as a polymeric segment of a copolymer which exhibits microphase separation from a structurally or compositionally different polymeric segment of the copolymer. Microphase separation occurs due to the incompatibility or partial incompatibility of the polymeric segments within the block copolymer. Microphase separation and block copolymers are widely discussed in “Block Copolymers-Designer Soft Materials”, PHYSICS TODAY, February, 1999, pages 32-38.
  • the block copolymer is preferably a copolymer polymerized from at least a vinyl aromatic monomer and at least a conjugated diene monomer.
  • the vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer can be formed by an anionic polymerization, examples of which are cited in Anionic Polymerization: Principles and Practical Applications, H. L. Hsieh and R. P. Quirk, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1996.
  • organolithium compounds such as ethyl-, propyl-, isopropyl-, n-butyl-, sec.-butyl-, tert.-butyl, phenyl-, hexyl-diphenyl-, butadienyl-, polystyryl-lithium, or the multifunctional compounds hexamethylene-dilithium, 1,4-dilithium-butane, 1,6-dilithium-hexane, 1,4-dilithium-2-butene, or 1,4-dilithium-benzene.
  • the initiator is n-butyl- and/or sec.-butyl-lithium. The amount of initiator is well known in the art and can easily be ascertained by one skilled in the art without undue experimentation.
  • the vinyl aromatic polymer block is preferably polymerized from styrene, and the conjugated diene polymer block is preferably polymerized from butadiene or isoprene.
  • the block copolymer preferably has a number average molecular weight of 40000 to 150000, and more preferably of 40000 to 80000.
  • a weight ratio of the vinyl aromatic polymer block to the conjugated diene polymer block in the block copolymer is preferably from about 40:60 to about 90:10.
  • the vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer polymerization is typically conducted in the presence of a saturated hydrocarbon solvent or ether, benzene, toluene, xylene or ethylbenzene, and is preferably a non-polar hydrocarbon solvent, such as cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane.
  • the block copolymer can be hydrogenated using a hydrogenation catalyst including a Group VIII metal component and at least one component selected from the group consisting of a rhenium, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium and platinum.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst can consist of the components alone, but preferably the hydrogenation catalyst additionally comprises a support (e.g. a silica, alumina or carbon) on which the components are deposited.
  • the support such as silica may preferably have a pore size such that at least 98 percent of the pore volume measured by mercury porosimetry is defined by pores having diameter of greater than 600 angstroms.
  • the hydrogenation reaction is preferably conducted in a non-polar hydrocarbon solvent in which the polymer is soluble and which will not hinder the hydrogenation reaction.
  • the solvent is preferably the same solvent in which the polymerization was conducted.
  • the temperature at which the hydrogenation reaction is conducted can be any temperature at which hydrogenation occurs without significant degradation of the polymer. Degradation of the polymer can be detected by a decrease in Mn, an increase in polydispersity or a decrease in glass transition temperature, after hydrogenation.
  • Typical hydrogenation temperatures are from about 40° C. preferably from about 100° C., more preferably from about 110° C., and most preferably from about 120° C. to about 250° C., preferably to about 200° C., more preferably to about 180° C., and most preferably to about 170° C.
  • the hydrogenating agent can be any hydrogen producing compound which will efficiently hydrogenate the unsaturated polymer.
  • Hydrogenating agents include but are not limited to hydrogen gas, hydrazine and sodium borohydride.
  • the hydrogenating agent is hydrogen gas.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst can be filtered and recovered for reuse.
  • a solvent removal process is generally applied in the art to remove residual monomers, process solvents, and other volatile components from polymer solutions, i.e. to purify or isolate polymers from the solutions.
  • Suitable solvent removal processes known in the art include, but are not limited to, flash devolatilization, precipitation, distillation, spray drying and film evaporation to remove the solvent from the polymer solutions.
  • the several processes described herein for purifying or isolating polymers may be used alone or in combination, which can be of various designs according to various polymer types and/or specific needs.
  • a two-step solvent removal process is specifically provided to remove the solvent and to purify the substantially hydrogenated block copolymers in an efficient and effective way without affecting their desirable properties such as transparency.
  • most of the solvent may be firstly removed by a flash devolatilization to obtain a concentrated polymer solution with a residual solvent in an amount of 1 to 50 weight percent, and preferably of 1 to 15 weight percent.
  • the polymer solution can be maintained at a pressure of 9 to 30 Bar and preheated by a heat exchanger to be maintained at a temperature of 200 to 300° C., and then transferred into a flask tank to remove the solvent from the polymer solution.
  • the flash tank can be performed at a temperature of 200 to 300° C. and at a pressure of 1 to 10 Bar, and then the solvent of the polymer solution is allowed to flash off while the polymer solution is entering into the flash tank at a lower pressure.
  • the removed solvent can thus be condensed and recovered.
  • the concentrated polymer solution can be transferred to a devolatilizer to further remove the residual solvent and isolate the hydrogenated block copolymer at a pressure below 100 torr, and preferably below 20 torr.
  • the devolatilizer can be a twin-screw extruder or a film evaporator, and the twin-screw extruder is mostly preferred.
  • the residual solvent removed can be recovered for reuse.
  • an antioxidant can be added into the polymer solution after filtering out the hydrogenation catalyst and prior to removing the solvent from the polymer solution, thus the resulting hydrogenated block copolymer can be prevented from being oxidized or changing color due to the high temperature of the polymer solution.
  • the antioxidant can comprise a hindered phenolic antioxidant and/or a phosphate ester antioxidant, and the decomposition temperature of the above is preferably more than 150° C.
  • the two-step process for removing the solvent from the polymer solution can be used to separate the hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer from polymer solution in an efficient and effective way, and the resulting substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymers have advantageous physical properties of high transparency, high glass transition temperature, low water absorption, good strength, good toughness, good weatherability, excellent melt processability and low birefringence, which make them specifically suitable for use in discs, optical films, light guide plates, etc.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a substantially hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic representation of a devolatilization system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Impurities and water existing in the solvent and monomers will influence the activities of polymerization catalysts if they are not removed prior to entering the polymerization system.
  • the significant amount of the impurities will reduce catalyst efficiency and cause the desired molecular weight of the polymer solution become unavailable.
  • Drying towers being filled with dewatered and activated aluminum oxide are typically used for adsorbing water and impurities in the solvent and monomers.
  • industrial grade solvents such as cyclohexane, butadiene and styrene normally have been subjected to drying towers, the remained impurities and water are still sufficient to affect the results of polymerization. Therefore, monomers such as butadiene and styrene, and cyclohexane solvent are further subjected to a purification and dewatering step, as shown in step 10 of FIG. 1 .
  • the impurities and water remained in the solvent and monomers will be reduced to a level below 10 ppm after performing the additional purification and dewatering step 10 .
  • cyclohexane solvent is firstly loaded into a 2000 L reactor vessel.
  • a specific amount of vinyl aromatic monomers is divided into three equal parts, and a specific amount of conjugated diene monomers is divided into two equal parts, and then a pentablock copolymer is prepared by sequential and alternate addition of one part of the vinyl aromatic monomers and one part of the conjugated diene monomers for five times.
  • Embodiment 1 149 kg of styrene monomers is divided into three equal parts, 25 kg of butadiene monomers is divided into two equal parts, and a pentablock copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene-butadiene-styrene is formed by sequential and alternate addition of one part of the styrene monomers and one part of the butadiene monomers for five times in the presence of lithium as an organolithium initiator.
  • the polymerization reaction is conducted from a start temperature of 50° C. to a temperature less than 100° C. during polymerization period. Due to the reaction heat generated, the reaction pressure increases as the temperature increases while the reactants are gradually added into the reactor vessel.
  • the polymerization reaction is terminated by adding a polymerization terminator, methanol. Since the monomers added have almost completely reacted, the weight ratio of styrene to butadiene in the styrene-butadiene-styrene-butadiene-styrene pentablock copolymer of Embodiment 1 is around 85:15.
  • the polymer solution (about 974 kg) and 30 kg of a silica-supported Pt/Re hydrogenation catalyst provided by DOW Chemical Company are added into a 500 gal loop reactor.
  • the hydrogenation reaction step 14 is conducted at a high temperature of 170° C. and a high pressure of 40 kg/cm 2 for at least 4 hours. After the hydrogenation reaction is completed (i.e. the hydrogen consumption stops), cool down and reduce pressure for releasing the redundant hydrogen.
  • the hydrogenation level thereof is greater than 99%, which is determined by UV-VIS spectrophotometry at a wavelength of 260.5 nm.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst can be isolated from the polymer solution by a filtration step 16 for catalyst recovery (step 17 ).
  • the hydrogenated polymer solution is firstly filtered by a FUNDABAC filter, and further filtered by using a bag filter for subsequently isolating the hydrogenation catalyst of smaller sizes.
  • the filtered polymer solution is transferred to a buffer tank 30 , and an antioxidant Irganox 1010 (available from Ciba) is then added into the filtered polymer solution (step 18 ).
  • the process for removing the solvent includes two steps 20 and 22 .
  • the hydrogenated and filtered polymer solution is transferred to a heat exchanger 40 via a delivery conduit 35 , and is heated by the heat exchanger 40 to be maintained at a high temperature of about 230° C. and at a pressure of about 23 Bar.
  • the heated polymer solution is continuously transferred to a flash tank 50 to remove most of the solvent by flash devolatilization at a temperature of about 230° C. and a pressure of about 1 ⁇ 2 Bar via a delivery conduit 45 that is maintained at a temperature and a pressure similar to that of the heat exchanger 40 , and thus a concentrated polymer solution is obtained.
  • the removed solvent is then condensed and transferred via a conduit 60 for solvent recovery (step 21 ).
  • the concentrated polymer solution is estimated to contain a residual solvent in an amount of about 10 weight percent based on the total weight of the concentrated polymer solution.
  • the second solvent removal step 22 is for substantially removing the residual solvent from the concentrated polymer solution, and the removed residual solvent can be also recovered (step 23 ).
  • the second solvent removal step 22 is conducted by transferring the concentrated polymer solution to a twin-screw extruder 80 (JSW TEX alpha- 54 ) via a delivery conduit 55 by a gear pump 70 , and is performed at a pressure below 10 torr and at a temperature of about 230° C. for an appropriate time period, e.g., 2 to 10 minutes.
  • the resulting pentablock copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene-butadiene-styrene can be formed into pellets by a pelletizer (step 24 ).
  • Embodiment 4 Polymerization Feedstock 800 kg cyclohexane 800 kg cyclohexane Reaction in 2000 L reactor in 2000 L reactor with 116 kg with 90 kg Styrene Styrene and 50 kg and 60 kg Butadiene Butadiene Weight Ratio 70:30 60:40 (Styrene:Butadiene) Polymerization Start 55° C. 56° C.
  • Temperature Hydrogenation Feedstock 966 kg polymer 950 kg polymer Reaction solution with 30 kg solution with 30 kg catalyst in 500 gal catalyst in 500 gal Loop Reactor Loop Reactor Conditions 40 kg/cm 2 and 40 kg/cm 2 and 170° C. for at least 170° C. for at least 4 hrs 4 hrs Hydrogenation level Above 99% Above 99% Removal of Heat Pressure 20 Bar 20 Bar Solvent (1) exchanger Temperature 220° C. 220° C. Flash tank Pressure 3 ⁇ 4 Bar 3 ⁇ 4 Bar Temperature 220° C. 220° C. Residual solvent content Below 15 wt % Below 25 wt % Removal of Pressure Below 5 torr Below 5 torr Solvent (2) Temperature 250° C. 260° C. Pelletilization Pellet YI Below 1 Below 1 Cyclohexane Residual Under 500 ppm Under 500 ppm
  • Temperature Hydrogenation Feedstock 960 kg polymer 974 kg polymer 960 kg polymer Reaction solution with solution with solution with 30 kg catalyst in 30 kg catalyst in 30 kg catalyst in 500 gal Loop 500 gal Loop 500 gal Loop Reactor Reactor Reactor Conditions 40 kg/cm 2 and 40 kg/cm 2 and 40 kg/cm 2 and 170° C. for at 170° C. for at 170° C. for at least 4 hrs least 4 hrs least 4 hrs Hydrogenation level Above 99% Above 99% Above 99% Removal of Heat Pressure 23 Bar 23 Bar 23 Bar Solvent (1) exchanger Temperature 230° C. 230° C. 230° C. Flash tank Pressure 1 ⁇ 2 Bar 1 ⁇ 2 Bar 1 ⁇ 2 Bar Temperature 230° C. 230° C.
  • Embodiment 10 Pelletilization Pellet YI Below 1 Below 1 Below 1 Cyclohexane Residual Under 500 ppm Under 500 ppm Under 500 ppm Embodiment 9 Embodiment 10 Polymerization Feedstock 800 kg cyclohexane 800 kg cyclohexane in Reaction in 2000 L reactor 2000 L reactor with 90 kg with 116 kg Styrene Styrene and 60 kg and 50 kg Isoprene Isoprene Weight Ratio 70:30 60:40 (Styrene:Isoprene) Polymerization Start 55° C. 56° C.
  • Temperature Hydrogenation Feedstock 966 kg polymer 950 kg polymer Reaction solution with 30 kg solution with 30 kg catalyst in 500 gal catalyst in 500 gal Loop Reactor Loop Reactor Conditions 40 kg/cm 2 and 170° C. 40 kg/cm 2 and 170° C. for at least 4 hrs for at least 4 hrs Hydrogenation level Above 99% Above 99% Removal of Heat Pressure 21 Bar 20 Bar Solvent (1) exchanger Temperature 220° C. 220° C. Flash tank Pressure 2 ⁇ 3 Bar 2 ⁇ 3 Bar Temperature 220° C. 220° C. Residual solvent content Below 15 wt % Below 25 wt % Removal of Pressure Below 5 torr Below 5 torr Solvent (2) Temperature 250° C. 250° C. Pelletilization Pellet YI Below 1 Below 1 Cyclohexane Residual Under 500 ppm Under 500 ppm
  • the remained amounts of the cyclohexane solvent of the block copolymers are below 500 ppm, and the Yellowness Index (YI) values of the resulting polymer pellets determined by spectrophotometer (SE2000 avaliable from Nippon Denshoku Kogyo Industries Co., Ltd.) are below 1, which indicate that the resulting block copolymers have an excellent transparency and a good light stability.
  • YI Yellowness Index

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